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Friday, April 10, 2009

Going for a walk

As mentioned earlier, one of my lessons learned was that I needed to 'walk' better. So today, I took Wilbur and Sarah for a walk - no running allowed (the pups aren't used to this concept, it was tough to curb their enthusasm). I going to try and do this maybe once a week or so.The course I selected was (what I call) the "5 mile Jordan Lake ankle breaker trail". I have specifically avoided this trail in the weeks leading up to Umstead - but it is a good one for walking with plenty of steep ups and downs. Roots and rocks on the trail will keep me honest, so I won't cheat in the future by running some of it.Considering what I have put my body through in the last week, the walk felt good, with no lingering problems from Umstead. Today's effort will be a good base to see how I improve over the coming weeks.Data from the Garmin:

Time: 1:15:11

Distance: 4.75 mi (I forgot to re-start the Garmin after the pups had a bathroom break, so that's probably 0.1 or 0.2 miles light)

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I am a 46 year old ultrarunner, who started this madness a few years ago. Graduating from a half marathon to a full marathon, and I am now running ultra-marathons.
My wife Jess and I live with our two dogs, Wilbur and Sarah, and two cats. You can learn more
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